An important supply route for military resources was reportedly struck overnight by an Iskander missile.
"So far, they've held the city, but if need be, they will strategically pull back," he said.
"If the professional Ukrainian Army was fighting in [Bakhmut] before, today it's mostly the elderly and children," Prigozhin said."They are fighting, but their life expectancy in Bakhmut is now very short, one day or two...give them a chance to leave the city."The Friday video was refuted by the National Resistance Center, an online publication created and run by the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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